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Bow down to the King

Jamal Murray say lai lai, even with one ankle I go play this game

Warriors fans, y'all still wanna get rid of Draymond Green? Or you're back to your senses now

Look at bum ass Jordan Poole trying to be Jordan Michael against the Lakers. Everybody raises their game when they see the Lakers. Smh

Shebi na just 2 days ago wey people been dey talk say dem no enjoy Lakers game vs Suns (even though it was a good game). So did you enjoy Lakers vs Clippers tonight Talk true o

That's what it is bro. The regular season is 82 games long. You enjoy some games and you loathe some games. LeBron made 5 threes in the 4th to bring the Lakers back from the dead. Do you think this comeback would have been possible if those 3s were 2s instead? Hell no. Imagine trying to come back from 20 points down and you're taking long 2s No be ment?

Just enjoy today's game for what it is. Stop complaining

LeBron really said "nah, not today folks"

Na wah o, refs. Only 8 FTs? How do you expect us to win games? You know we survive by FTs

Na wah o, LeBron out vs GS. Smh

birdman:
Its not spamming if you have the capability to make it and have 4 rings based on it. As we have seen, even Klay and Barnes were feeding off of him, and both have regressed with time so this is a skill specific to Curry that no one else in nba history has been able to do consistently.

The issue of spamming has to do with trying to use 3s to win a game versus actually playing the game, something Dame has always been notorious for. Curry actually plays the game, will run through multiple screens and try to get an easy bucket off glass to keep defenders honest.

Lol, you're just buttressing my point. The vast skill of 3pt shooting suits Curry and Curry alone You sef listen to yourself na. 27 players are shooting 40% or better while attempting 5+ threes this season. Reduce the attempts to 4 and it's 40 players shooting 40%+. Kawhi and Luke Kennard are shooting 45%. Grayson Allen is shooting 48%. Guys in this era are actually better shooters and there's no other way to put it. Because this same Kawhi wasn't shooting 45% 5 or 6 years ago. They actually put in work in the gym to become better shooters

And for the second highlighted point, the game plan of GS under Curry is essentially to shoot 3s. That is how they win games, so for you to say that trying to use 3s to win a game is retrogressive is out of order. 3s were not made for GS alone. If GS could use it to win then so can other teams. The game has changed, and 3pt shooting is a key feature in today's game. And it would only increase.

Isn't itfunny that when we complain about 3 point spamming in this era, no one complains about Steph Curry, the master of the 3 points spamming To all, he's a great and wonderful player despite his 3pt spamming. And I kid you not, Steph Curry attempts the most 3s per game this season at 12. And he has averaged 11.3 per game since 2016. But when others spam 3s like him it's a bad thing. E be like na selective amnesia

Skrrrrrrr:
Steph had to win that 3 pt contest, else steady would have spoken about it for 50 years

Lol, funny enough I was actually rooting for Steph. The fate of manhood rested on his shoulders last night

Someone said the dunk contest was on life support until Jaylen Brown came and unplugged it

Skrrrrrrr:
That is down to Kerr unwilling to make the right call at the right time.
Most of the warriors issue this season has been because of that. Podziemski was hot all game but he decided to leave Klay in the game. He only took out klay after the Clippers have completed the comeback.

He needed experience to close out the game
That Klay foul late in the game though When they could have played on and try to get a stop

That is going to be a painful loss for the Warriors. They had it all game, and then they didn't

Hian

Everybody shows up as long as it's the Lakers

Gafford has come to collect Kleber and Powell's jobs, lol

But seriously though, why did Dallas suddenly feel the need to get bigs? Gafford and PJ Washington in one window. Is it the fear of Jokic?

etidy:
What is even mad is that the pelicans also have 74.
This offensive outburst is not normal, teams are not been allowed to play and prioritize defense

The game has gotten more interesting and more global because of the offense, not defense. We don't want to watch a boring 87-79 game with poor shooting disguised as good defense.

But then, you have to understand that this won't happen in the playoffs. The playoffs in today's game is a stack contrast of the regular season. We see defense in the playoffs. We see refs unwilling to blow their whistle.

87 first half points

Skrrrrrrr:
You dey Brag say you fit beat A Team with Kuminga as the second Best player.
Meanwhile, you have Lebron and Davis.
Shame no dey catch you?
Whether you can actually beat them, is another Topic entirely.

A team with Klay and Dray as 3rd and 4th option. With Wiggins and CP3 ontop. Omo. See superteam

Skrrrrrrr:
Na the Lakers wey you dey fancy their chances be this abi?
With Lebron and Davis bringing their A game, them no fit beat Denver. You guys have not won against them since the Western conference Semis.

And neither can you. But I sure say I go beat you.

Lol, Lakers/Nuggets went down how it has always gone. Tight in the final minutes of the game only for the Nuggets to run away with it in the very end. Would have loved the win but it was always going to be difficult with the array of injuries we have. I loved the effort from Hayes in the 4th quarter.

There's this extra energy that Jamal Murray brings whenever he's playing the Lakers. It's not normal

Skrrrrrrr:
Make una get out abeg....

The difference between una and warriors no much. Second round na una ceiling.

Lol. I dey sure say I go beat Warriors if we meet

etidy:
it must be igbo
The clipper will cook the lakers, better pray for OkC

Playoff basketball is not regular season

Skrrrrrrr:
Who gonna stop the Clippers though?


Whoever makes it out of the western conference between Denver and the Clippers would be NBA champions.

Both teams healthy, I like the Lakers' chance against the Clippers.

benji93:
There you go again, as usual. Building up to your 'they are stacked" narrative. .Luxury, based on history, or based on performance?

Based on recent history. Klay might not be giving you much right now but Klay is still Klay. Same with Draymond. They've both won 4 championships and they were a major reason why they did. Kerr still believes in these guys, and so should you. He has stuck with Draymond despite all his shortcomings. They waited two long years to get Klay back from that double injury, and you think they'd dump him now because of a few months of poor form? Wake up bro, this team has winners and people who know how to win championships. Did you think you could win a championship in 2022? As long as these guys are healthy you have a real chance of winning.

But if you guys want to offload Dray, which I doubt una go do, I go like get am. He's the type of person we need on our team.

Skrrrrrrr:
Just wondering what it would take for Kerr to Bench Klay Thompson and Draymond. Klay especially. How can you score 8 points in 30 minutes as a starter in today's highly offensive NBA?
Green atleast anchors the Defence.
What does Klay do?

I don't think you should look at Klay as the second option anymore. You have Kuminga who has been tearing it up lately. Podzeimski has turned it up too. Klay is now more or less a role player. And what a luxury it is to have Klay as a role player

greypencils:
I don't know about AD but it is Forsho LeBron's. Dude has been playing PG when he is not one, holding the ball for unnecessarily long before passing and making very bad shot selections. Plus, he is a defensive minus. He is last to track back when he misses his shot.

Bron can be a good PG at times so I don't mind. But by and large, what he gives us on the offensive end is enough to overlook his shortcomings on the defensive end

Khanben:
Every metric and even the so called salty old heads all agree that if it just comes to shooting, the average nba player today is far better than it has ever been.
People like you always talk about 3pts spamming, I tend to watch either scoring cuts or highlights of 90s 2000s or 2010 basketball and as far as I can see all the emphasis on 3pts has done is remove those stupid 19ft-22ft long twos and replace them with 3s. You watch and see more 3s I watch and see less long 2s. Shooting a 19ft-22th midrange at 38% when you can take shoot 3s at 35% has always been the most stupid shoot selection choice I have ever seen.
Also you act like Embiid is the first player who plays great in regular season games and then drop off in post season games, why didn't you name Luka, Jokic, J murray, Kawhi, Steph, Giannis,etc all players consistently raise their performance levels come playoff time.
Peyton manning was and still is the greatest regular season QB of all time, but come postseason his play took a dip, same with Thierry Henry, greatest striker in EPL history, but he more often than not came up small in the biggest of games.
So it is very possible Embiid has a big game block, hopefully he gets back healthy and puts that possibility to bed this season with a great playoffs run.

PS: As for cherry picking games, a 90s finals game had a final scoreline of 96-54, not a first round or regular season game but a FINALS game.
If any of today's star played on either side of a match-up of this they would be buried with abuse

What is this food you're cooking like this?

afrodoc2:
DLO is like his friend KAT. The inner drive is just not there. Every time someone has to fire him up like an old model car.

And DLo is as skilled as they come in the league. Just that drive and consistency that's lacking.

If the Lakers were a top 4 seed, AD would have been getting louder DPOY or even MVP shouts. But unfortunately the Lakers are trash That guy is a defensive beast. Look at that double block he had on Hart and then Brunson. Omo

And suddenly the Mavs are looking like they'd be in the play-in fight this year as well. After starting the season so well. Omo, the more teams above lose, the better for my Lakers o. Because this point, we can't just depend on our winning, cos it comes scarcely